I have no strong feelings about whether our fandom's grey pegasus makes her living as a mailmare, or whether she goes gallivanting around with a Doctor in a peculiar blue box. I don't mind at all the idea that she's a genius, or scatterbrained, or has an unhealthy obsession with muffins. I cast no vote on whether she lives alone or has a unicorn filly or even an adopted daughter on top of that.

For that matter, even though she'll always be Derpy to me, I harbor no resentment towards the name Ditzy.

I honestly love that there are so many interpretations of the character... after all, she's come to represent the many fans who love her, and those fans come in all varieties.

So thank you to all of the fans who carved out a bit of her personality in the countless creations that have been churned out. Everyone breathed a little bit of life into the cross-eyed mare, and something pretty special came from it.

As for Dinky, while I suspect that she was cast by fandom as Derpy's daughter for no reason other than a superficial resemblance, why not run with it? If some didn't want our pegasus to have to be alone, I can certainly support that sentiment. Everyone should have someone special in their lives... makes no difference who you are.

Besides, Luna had to be up to something for the year she was conspicuously absent following the pilot episodes. There was probably quite a backlog of pony wishes to clear from her in-box...

Derpy had dreamed of wanting children ever since she was a little filly. She loved the thought of little hooves running through the halls and hearing childish laughter every day. She always preferred a big family, maybe seven or eight foals. After all, children were greatly treasured in Equestria, and to have that many children was seen as a divine blessing.

But after a night of passionate lovemaking with her husband, a time-traveling stallion who owns a peculiar piece of technology called a "TARDIS", Derpy discovered that she was infertile. Not wanting to give up her childhood dreams, she tried everything she could find. Herbal medicines, fertility charms, even the occasional secret dark magic ritual. But alas, it seemed that the very universe forbade such a promising young mare from going against the laws of biology. Infertile is infertile, and that's that.

What made it worse was what happened after the secret got out. Ponies pitied her, but they shared no compassion towards one who could not bear a child. They murmured and agreed that a pony as clumsy as Derpy should not be allowed to have a child, let alone bear one. They even pressured her husband to dump Derpy and find a fertile replacement. Despite the stallion's deep devotion to his wife, Derpy slowly convinced him to leave, not wanting him to be burdened by an infertile mare.

In her despair, Derpy turned to one last resort. She worked hard and long into the night, carving and whittling at what looked like a wooden puppet that represented what Derpy's ideal child would've been, but never was. For months she perfected her craft, and when she thought she was done, Derpy collapsed and cried herself to sleep, whispering a desperate prayer that no one bothered to listen to.

Imagine her surprise when she found a little filly dancing on her table and calling her "Mommy!" the next morning.

It's a reference to Pinocchio. Derpy plays the part of the wood carver and she has just finished carving Dinky into a beautiful wooden doll. But as the original movie goes, this is not enough and Derpy wishes on a star before falling asleep. What we see here is Luna granting that wish and giving life to Dinky.

I think the idea about Derpy I love the most is that she's a fandom started self teaching lesson. We loved her at first because of her mismatched eyes, and that quickly led to jokes about her intelligence and things along those lines, but so many of the fandom love her, and write her as a kind pony. Perhaps a little clumsy, but that her appearance isn't all there is to her. It doesn't show what she's like within, and since none of this was on the show, we kind of created, hurt, and then built her back up all on our own. That's pretty incredible.

Wow, just wow... Just discovered your art and adding it all to my favourites This is one of the best though, I just love the thought of Derpy wanting a special somepony in her life and Luna (best Princess btw) making her dreams come true.